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Prospects Ne of Michigan Boy Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046755
MRDS ID M241960
Record type Site
Current site name Prospects Ne of Michigan Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names Some May Be Prince Claims. Sample Locations 1818, 1819
Related records 10247001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00948, 37.18357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position JUST NE OF MICHIGAN BOY MINE, 500m To Area Of Prospects

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Woods Canyon; Stirling Quartzite
    Rock description Woods Canyon;Stirling Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00948, 37.18357
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE BEDS 6-12 INCHES WIDE STRIKE N60W DIP 35 NE. SOME GOSSAN, SOME REMNANT GHOSTS AFTER PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer G.D. Lane?

Mining district

District name Oak Spring District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND TINGLEY, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION NOV. 5, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON-STAINED, VUGGY QUARTZ VEINLETS. QUARTZITE IS FE-MN-STAINED ALONG FRACTURES BOTH PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR TO BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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